What is the time difference between Colombo and Sydney?
Sydney is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Colombo. When it is 23:43 in Colombo, it is 05:13 in Sydney — and already Monday there while Colombo is still on Sunday. Colombo keeps UTC+5:30 and Sydney keeps UTC+11 at this moment.
| Right now in Colombo | 23:43, Sunday 1 November |
|---|---|
| Right now in Sydney | 05:13, Monday 2 November |
| Difference | 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Colombo |
| Colombo offset | UTC+5:30 |
| Sydney offset | UTC+11 |
Because both cities can change their clocks on different dates, the gap between them is not always the same number of hours through the year. This page recalculates it from the live time-zone rules each time it is opened, so the figure above is the gap at this exact moment.